Jen Diturno was a 26-year-old bartender from Columbus, Ohio when she entered Big Brother series 9.

Jen gained a bachelor's degree in education from Bowling Green State University and used to be a special education teacher.

Jen has a dog called Oscar, and a box turtle named Shellamar.

At the time of Big Brother, Jen Diturno had four tattoos including the Libra sign on her neck, a turtle on her right foot and her name and a tribal design on her back.

CBS's biography of Jen Diturno stated that "she is very loyal to her current boyfriend", and it was revealed to the public that unknown to the other houseguests, before Big Brother Jen had already been dating fellow Big Brother houseguest Ryan Quicksall.

In spite of this, in Big Brother series 9 Jen was paired with her 'soulmate' Parker and it was not long before Jen told Parker about her relationship with Ryan.

Shortly after, word of Ryan and Jen's relationship was all over the Big Brother house, as they and Parker tried to pre-empt Allison and told the other houseguests before she might.

Jen Diturno had a busy second week in Big Brother. She managed to have a 'quickie' with Ryan, only to call him a racist soon after and then deny it, and finally on day 14 she and Parker were evicted.